{"id":62400,"date":"2025-03-09T13:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62400"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:57:44","slug":"lawyer-petitions-efcc-boss-over-alleged-misconduct-in-abuja-land-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/09\/lawyer-petitions-efcc-boss-over-alleged-misconduct-in-abuja-land-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer petitions EFCC Boss Over Alleged Misconduct in Abuja Land Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prominent lawyer Alexander Oketa has petitioned EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede, accusing the agency\u2019s operatives of unlawfully seizing a prime Abuja property in defiance of multiple court rulings.<\/p>\n<p>The disputed land, Plot 680-689 in Mabushi, is at the center of a six-year legal battle between Jona Brothers Construction Limited and Chief Michael Adeojo, owner of Elizade Motors.<\/p>\n<p>In his March 7, 2025 petition, Oketa alleged that EFCC officials, led by Olayinka Macaulay, illegally padlocked the site, halted construction, and threatened arrests\u2014despite a 2023 FCT High Court judgment affirming Jona Brothers\u2019 ownership and restraining the EFCC from interfering.<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed the EFCC acted on a secret interim forfeiture order from Justice Nwite of the Federal High Court, obtained without notifying Jona Brothers or publishing the order as required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEFCC officers have become a cartel, aiding Chief Adeojo, who has lost repeatedly in court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a blatant abuse of power,\u201d Oketa declared, demanding the immediate unsealing of the property within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>He warned of legal escalations, including petitions to the National Judicial Council, National Assembly, and human rights bodies, if the EFCC fails to comply.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-graft agency has yet to respond, as the case raises concerns over judicial overreach, property rights, and alleged misconduct within law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo Prominent lawyer Alexander Oketa has petitioned EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede, accusing the agency\u2019s operatives of unlawfully seizing a prime Abuja property in defiance of multiple court rulings. The disputed land, Plot 680-689 in Mabushi, is at the center of a six-year legal battle between Jona Brothers Construction Limited and Chief Michael Adeojo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62402,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62400\/revisions\/62402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}